Weekly Reading Response

NAME DATE Ryan Bockmier 2-5-10
TITLE TIME HOURS Woodsong, 2 hours
AUTHOR PAGES - Gary Paulson 132 total pages
TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK 43 this week.

QUESTION 1:What does this book make you wonder about? Why?
RESPONSE 1:This book really makes me wonder how strong a relationship with a dog can be and how much you can actually learn from them. In the book he talks all the things that he learned about nature and how the dogs helped him learn all of these things. Like how to cope with certain situations and how to look at life.


QUESTION 2:What other character(s) beside the main character is really important to the story? How and why?

RESPONSE 2 I would have to say the dogs. Without the dogs there couldn't be a story to write because he talks all about the dogs and how he learns from them. Without them he wouldn't be able to sustain a living at all and it would be really hard for him. Also the dogs make it interesting and very exiting because the way he describes them makes them funny and entertaining.

In Class Writing Response

I chose question number 2

Dear Mr Paulson
I think your book Woodsong is great. It is really descriptive and emotional. I really feel that I am in the book and their in Alaska. I love how you describe the sled dogs and how the squirrel gets killed by the chipmunk. Even though that part was sort of disturbing.
There are a couple of things that I didn't like. The fact that the beginning was kind of slow like hard to get into. You seem to get really descriptive and I got lost and had to read some parts over again because I am not the fastest reader. But that is the only thing that I didn't like but the rest was fantastic so far One more thing I like how you talk about the dogs its very cool. Thanks Ryan

This is my extra credit!!!
I chose question 1.
If I could put myself in the book could be a huge piece of dead weight. I hate the cold! This takes place in Alaska!! So dog sledding would be very hard for me to do. We would most likely lose a lot of races due to me complaining about the cold and being a baby. It would be really cool though to talk to Paulson about all of his adventures and all about his dogs. This to me would be cool to see his house also he describes it a little bit but doesn't go into full detail. So if I could go into the book it would be a really cool experience and I wish I could actually do it.